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Roxton McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Original price was: $14.60.$8.00Current price is: $8.00.McLaren Vale has won more Trophies and Gold medals for Cabernet than for Shiraz and this is attributed to the ocean influence and associated cooling breezes. Globally it is believed that the best Cabernets come from districts with a maritime location, a view developed from the French understanding of flavour development.
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Dolans, Sobels & Hope ‘Squatters Three’ Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Original price was: $13.80.$10.00Current price is: $10.00.This Cabernet is part of the five star red haul that we purchased over 2024. The Cabernet is made in the manner of the Leasingham Bin 56 of the 1970s-1980s.
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Oakley Adams Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2022
Original price was: $12.80.$7.00Current price is: $7.00.Impressive Shiraz and the reason we return time and again to Langhorne Creek for wines that combine high quality with customer value.
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PB Burgoyne Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2022
$11.60Langhorne Creek has been a favourite district of ours for 20 years and at their best they rival those of the Barossa and McLaren Vale for quality.
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Roxton McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021
Original price was: $14.60.$10.00Current price is: $10.00.Ninety minutes of pleasant driving across the Adelaide Hills links McLaren Vale with the Barossa Valley, the two most important districts within the Adelaidean Mount Lofty range. This Roxton is a fine example of the McLaren Vale style and a nice foil to our Karrawirra Barossa reds.
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‘The Regions’ Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$14.80One our best ever purchases came late last year which I termed ‘the five star winery haul’ and that is the source of this beautiful Clare Valley Cabernet-a five star winery. As for the source, well our lips are sealed.
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Cellar Range Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Original price was: $14.50.$11.00Current price is: $11.00.Back in October we were given our choice of barrels of Clare Valley reds from a five-star rated winery. While they retained the very best to be able to select what we wanted from the rest we knew was a rare honour.
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Glug ‘Sunday Drive’ Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2023
Original price was: $14.60.$7.00Current price is: $7.00.Adelaide Hills vineyards are small and variable. A bit of good ground here and a further tiny parcel over the hill crest. Pocket handkerchief vineyards. Less common is exposure to the summer heat which ripens Shiraz and this ‘Sunday Drive’ we found irresistible and so purchased from a small garagiste maker. Cool climate though in the style of Eden Valley.
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Oakley Adams McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020
$12.60McLaren Vale is a sea-side location as it fronts St Vincent Gulf.
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Parawatta Eden Valley Riesling 2022
$14.80If Riesling has its type location in Germany and Austria we next have to ask why Riesling can make such a superlative wine in faraway Australia. Let us just enjoy that these wonderful tastes exist and thank the versatility of Riesling.
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Glug ‘Broken Slate’ Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
$14.70Combine this with the elevation of the Clare wine district and add in weather that brings the heat of the inland south, and you have a mix of elements ripening the grapes that creates unusual and magnificent flavours. In this way the Cabernet has a minty Clare twist to the flavour and a depth of colour like no other Cabernet region.
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Terrene Estates South Australia Shiraz Cabernet 2022
$10.60This blend of the two most popular red varieties in Australia dates back a long way, perhaps to the 1930s.